Ok, Mike called it the Coal Country Cruise
for obvious reasons, but somehow I didn't end up with any shots
of the utterly black land that surrounded the mining areas. Here
you see some ground that was probably the lightest in the area.

Our first stop was at the Eckley mining
village, a remnant of the days of yore. I'm told it was built
for the filming of the movie The Molly McGuires, many copies
of which were on sale at the gift shop. Did anyone from the trip
buy a copy?

Parked, from a slightly different
angle.

Oooo,
a Reverse Angle shot this time. I don't know what was wrong with
me, but for most of the day, I kept taking photos with the sun
at the wrong angle. This time, I got it right!

Vile ve vere zere, Ve got to vatch
a film about ze life ov a voman from de old country, who used
to liv in ze houses zat were much like dees.

Here is the coal crusher. Oooo.
Ahhhhh.

A shot down the main road. To the
left, a gift shop, where you could buy all sorts of Coal-type-thingies.
I finally found a baseball cap that fit that I can wear while
driving and not fear it falling off. I guess the swelled head
that comes from owning a Z3 ruined my chances of wearing a normal
cap ever again :-)

This is probably the only house I
can afford, now that I'm making Z3 payments :-) In all honesty,
it amazes me that people lived in houses like these.